Global Gateway: focus on five transport projects financed by the European Commission and the World Bank

A first series of 18 high-impact investment projects in three strategic sectors (energy, transport and digital infrastructure) in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as Latin America and the Caribbean, has been announced by the European Commission, in line with its 'Global Gateway' investment strategy, and the World Bank, which are strengthening their partnership on 08/10/2025 at the Global Gateway Forum.

"The ambition of these projects is to build dynamic local economies and create new opportunities where people live, particularly in regions rich in natural resources and inhabited by young and dynamic populations", stated Ursula von der Leyen on 08/10.

Five of the projects concern transport corridors, particularly for essential minerals and agri-food:
• Lobito Corridor (Angola - Democratic Republic of Congo);
• Project to improve urban mobility in Rwanda;
• Horn of Africa Initiative: Djibouti regional economic corridor;
• Rehabilitation of the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway line;
• Asia-Pacific Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor;
• Infrastructure investments in Argentina linked to…